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Reducing the Costs and Enhancing the Benefits of Formality

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  • Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer
  • Arvo Kuddo
  • Michael Weber

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  • Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer & Arvo Kuddo & Michael Weber, 2017. "Reducing the Costs and Enhancing the Benefits of Formality," World Bank Publications - Reports 28572, The World Bank Group.
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